Hooked rug method



1956 H. SWENSON 2,758,359

HOOKED RUG METHOD Filed Jan. 10, 1955 IN V EN TOR.

United States Patent HOOKED RUG METHOD Helen Swenson, Marshall, Tex.Application January 10, 1955, Serial No. 480,631

Claims. (CI. 28-72) This invention relates to methods of making hookedrugs.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved methodfor making hooked rugs which greatly simplifies the manufacture of thesame and results in an improved product.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an improvedmethod of making hooked rugs which utilizes three strands hookedtogether in a novel manner.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a hooked rugmethod bearing the above objects in mind which is of simpleconstruction, inexpensive to manufacture, has a minimum number of parts,is easy to carry out and economical to produce.

For other objects and a better understanding of the invention, referencemay be had to the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the three strands employedin the method and showing the first step thereof for securing thestrands at one end;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the second step in the formation ofthe rug wherein one of the strands is secured adjacent the connectedends of the other two strands;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the next step in the methodand showing the first strand being looped through the ring formation;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the completion of the next stepnamely the forming of the loops in the circle;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the crossing over of the other ofthe strands in an intermediate step in the process; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the next step in the process.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, 10, 11 and 12 represent aplurality of elongated strands of rag orother suitable material securedtogether at one end by means of the stitching 13, substantially asillustrated.

The strand is then secured adjacent the stitching 13 by means of thestitching 14, as shown in Fig. 2.

The strand 11 is then looped through the ring portion 15, as shown inFig. 3. This process is continued, resulting in the pattern of Fig. 4and a plurality of loops 16 extending around the ring 15.

The strand 10 is then crossed over the strand 12 and brought under thestrand 11 (as shown in Figs. 5 and 6). The strand 10 is then hooked intothe first loop 16 once, and into the second loop 16 twice, continuing inthis manner until all the loops 16 have been hooked either once or twicein alternating succession. The strand 12 is then hooked into the loopsresulting, being hooked through each loop formation once around thecircle 15. This pattern is then alternated first forming a ring ofhooking in once and looping twice until the rug has achieved its fullsize.

It should now be apparent that there has been provided an improvedmethod of making a hooked rug which employs three strands whichsimplifies the operation and results in an improved product.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of theUnited States is:

1. A method of forming a hooked rug comprising securing three elongatedstrands together at one end, securing one of said strands adjacent thesecured ends thereof to form a ring, and then looping the intermediateof said strands around said ring formation.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said one strand secured to theother two strands adjacent their secured ends is crossed over the thirdof said strands and under the looped intermediate strand and hooked intothe resulting loop formation of the intermediate strand.

3. A method according to claim 2, wherein said last mentioned strand ishooked in once in the first loop, hooked twice in the second loop,looped once in the third loop and so on in alternating manner.

4. A method of making a hooked rug according to claim 3, wherein saidalternating hooked once and twice step is followed by hooking the thirdstrand around the resulting loops of said one strand, one hook for eachloop.

5. A method according to claim 4 wherein said strands are hooked throughthe resulting loops in the alternating sequence until the rug iscompletely formed.

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